275 Chapter 268: The Champion! (2/2)
That would definitely change 180 degrees if a nobody were to become the Imperial Overseer, and they would view the Royal family's influence as waning and no longer legitimate to be followed and heed to!
Advisor Chen sighed as he rubbed his temple in distressed, ”Still, strength is not everything.. Emperor Jiu Xian Ping is one of the wisest and surely he had also thought long and hard about this. If that is the case, then this young man called Duan Li is much more than we assumed him to be.. and that only left us with what that actually is..”
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”Brother Lu Bu, are you alright?” Zhang Liao said as he handed a pill over to Lu Bu which the latter immediately consumed.
After swallowing the pill, Lu Bu felt his aching bones and muscles due to forcefully activating the Demonic Hell's Body technique without using the required skill arts from before to slowly recede.
”I'm fine.. to think that he is that formidable. I would've never guessed it before that the weakest empire out of the nine would possess such a talent here if I didn't personally experienced it.” Lu Bu replied, his mind still recalling the previous scene.
He then continued, ”The thing that had me most surprised though, even after you used half of your lung's capacity, he was able to remain unfazed! How do you think did he do it?”
”That's the thing.” Zhang Liao said. ”My breathing technique is indiscriminate, such that even allies would be swept along with it as you've experienced. The only possibility is that he held his breath long before I attacked.”
Hearing this, Lu Bu cupped his chin with a frown. ”Weird. Normal people wouldn't do that before they could execute their move set. Otherwise, the brain and muscles.. eh wait, I seemed to recall that.. all he did was just some basic punches and.. slaps?”
The other party also mentioned that he was injured and was only using less than 10 percent of his strength..
Gulp!
Coming to this realization, both of them swallowed a mouthful of saliva. It was at this moment that they realized they had just fought off against a monster!
To think that one would be able to execute such martial prowess to an extreme degree without even using a single martial arts technique, it was something that could only be done by real experts like their Grand Teacher!
”A person of such caliber had appeared..” they thought simultaneously in their mind as they subconsciously clenched their fists tight in agitation, a burning desire to be able to stand toe to toe with Duan Li appeared inside their heart!
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”Aghhh! That Wang Dong bastard! I'll get him next time! and that Duan Li! They better watch their backs from now on!” Ruo Hen gritted his teeth vengefully as his veins popped up on his forehead. He still could not forget how the former had uppercut him during his showcase of releasing his powers slowly, while the latter threw a freaking rock onto his eye!
He felt deeply humiliated such that his facial appearance had contorted to become hideous from his usual dashing looks.
”Hmph.” Ling Shin by the side surprisingly only let out a cold snort. He felt that this partner of his deserved it for showing off too much while not showing any results.
Bai Li on the other hand, whom would usually nitpick the two beside him was quiet as well. On his right hand was a communication jade slip and his eyes was shut tight. He seemed to be focusing on communicating with someone and relaying important information through it.
At this moment, due to this event, countless forces behind the scene was surprised to found out that such a talented genius had appeared on a tiny little empire. Each sphere of influence slowly began to plan for their next move, with all of them involving to have Duan Li on their side in one way or another!
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Oblivious to the unrest in the background and the strings of fate slowly converging to be tied around him, Duan Li, as well as Dong Jinghai, Ling Shin and Lu Bu was now led to the final third stage of the competition after a short pause to allow the champions from each stage platform before to rest.
As the Champions, they were now eligible to advance into the third stage, which was to fight against a puppet one realm higher than them! If they were able to beat each of their own puppet without using any skill art, then they would receive 1 High quality spirit stone! If they use skill arts and won, they would win half of that amount, and if they lost, they would only receive an even smaller share!
Once more, the audience erupted into a series of cheers as the hidden forces continued to watch silently..
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